Systems in photonic applications

The ambulance sped down the Denver highway carrying Mr. Rosnes Avon to the
hospital. The flashing lights illuminated the darkness of the night, and the siren
alerted those drivers who braved the icy cold weather.Mrs. Avon’s voice was clearly
shaken as she placed the emergency telephone call a few minutes earlier. Her hus-
band was complaining of severe palpitations in his heart and shortness of breath.
She sat next to him in the rear of the ambulance and held his hand in silence, but her
eyes could not hide her concern and fear....

The book presents several approaches in the key areas of practice for which the MATLAB software package was used. Topics covered include applications for: -Motors -Power systems -Robots -Vehicles The rapid development of technology impacts all areas. Authors of the book chapters, who are experts in their field, present interesting solutions of their work. The book will familiarize the readers with the solutions and enable the readers to enlarge them by their own research. It will be of great interest to control and electrical engineers and students in the fields of research the book covers....

There have been several significant advances innuclearmedicine since the publication of the
second edition of Practical NuclearMedicine. The last seven years have seen great strides in
instrumentation, including new coincidence detectors, the development of a wider variety
of crystals, and the advent of combined anatomical/functional imaging devices, including
PET/CT and SPECT/CT. PET imaging with 18F-FDG has become a mainstay of many
clinical settings, and other radiotracers are finding theirway into the rapidly expanding field
of oncologic PET.

n this book some recent advances in development of photodetectors and photodetection systems for specific applications are included. In the first section of the book nine different types of photodetectors and their characteristics are presented. Next, some theoretical aspects and simulations are discussed. The last eight chapters are devoted to the development of photodetection systems for imaging, particle size analysis, transfers of time, measurement of vibrations, magnetic field, polarization of light, and particle energy.

Semiconductor lasers are among the most important optoelectronics
devices. Remarkable development has been accomplished in the three
decades since the first achievement in room-temperature continuous
oscillation, which opened the possibility of practical applications of
semiconductor lasers. Today, various types of semiconductor lasers are
mass-produced and widely used as coherent light sources for a variety of
applications, including optical fiber communication systems and optical
disk memory systems....